CIO.com - Open Source

Vietnam Pushes Open-Source Software for Government Use

Jeremy Kirk — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Vietnam's government will mandate use of several open-source applications by the end of next year as the country tries to reduce the use of pirated software.

Measuring Corporate Contributions to an Open Source Project

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Open source is looking more attractive to software development managers who need to make their budgets stretch farther, as the enterprise can benefit from FOSS community's contributions (which you don't have to pay for, cool!). But IT managers need to evaluate how to best participate in open-source projects and how to measure their developers' success.

The Year in RIAs: It's Not Your Father's Web

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Rapidly evolving rich Internet application platforms from Adobe, Microsoft, and Sun brought a little cheer to 2008 -- and to web developers. Open source developers have plenty of RIA choices, too.

The Future of Open Source

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

11 leaders outline the challenges and opportunities ahead.

Six Stages to SOA Evolution in the Enterprise

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Open source brings value to service-oriented deployments, says a JBoss executive.

OpenSUSE gets more open

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Novell's openSUSE project is becoming more open, as a new release due out Thursday includes licensing changes that make it easier to redistribute the Linux operating system, and a build service that will encourage more contributions from open source developers.

The Financial Crisis Cries for More Open Source

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Companies in a tough economy should seek alternative software options, says the CEO of open-source database-maker Ingres.

Microsoft Tools Build Bridge Between OpenXML, Other Formats

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

The open source project, released under the Document Interoperability Initiaitve, includes a free Firefox add-in, a Java toolkit that promise to improve interoperability between Open XML and the Open Document Format (ODF).

Sun, Microsoft Boost IDEs

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT

NetBeans is upgraded to include retooling for PHP, an early access version of NetBeans for Python, and support for Spring, Hibernate, JavaServer Pages, and the Java Persistence API. Meanwhile, Visual Studio adds jQuery capabilities to its software development IDE via JavaScript IntelliSense support.

Enterprise Open Source Adoption Underway But Needs Company Policies

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT

As the number of companies adopting open source increases -- and the number of business processes depending on them does, too -- research firm Gartner is urging companies to adopt and enforce open source (OSS) policies.

Bluestar Sparks Energy Services with SOA

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT

A retail supplier seizes opportunity with infrastructure built for change, using open source and service-oriented architecture.

Open Source in Every Business within 12 Months, Says Gartner

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Major benefits bring management challenges warns analyst group.

Enterprise JBoss JBPM: Creating A Scalable, Standards-Compliant and Cost-Effective SOA Environment

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT

This excerpt from the upcoming book, Open Source SOA, addresses the Service Component Architecture (SCA), and its sister technology, Service Data Objects (SDO), emerging standards used in service-oriented architecture for creating multi-protocol, multi-language services based on reusable components. Using JBoss jBPM, as the author demonstrates, can apply process automation to a wide set of business process management problems, from embedded workflow to enterprise business process orchestration.

What Outsourcers Can Learn from Open-Source Communities

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Both outsourcing and open-source communities have programmers working in remote locations with time-zone challenges and cultural and language barriers. Perhaps your company's outsourcing efforts would go more smoothly if you picked up a few of these effective programming tools and methodologies from open-source developers.

Microsoft "Not Against" Open Source

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Open source is not so much an issue of opening up code, says a Microsoft platform strategy manager.